Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22
THE RAILROADS.
The Permanent Line Of the Fort Worth
western Located as for as
blackstone Yesterday.
The Great Atchtson System Growing
Stronger and Stronger, and Boston Dap
italists Jubilant Over its Prospects.


James S. Clark, general passenger agent
of the Santa Fe, is at the Pickwick.
Messrs. Thorp and Chesbrough of the
Vandalia Line were in the city last night.
W. H Winfield, representing the Wa
bash system, was in Fort Worth yester-
day.
The tracks of the Fort Worth and New
Orleans in the city are being well bal
lasted.
j. II. Miller, passenger agent OF the
Texas and Pacific, was in Fort Worth all
day yesterday.
A good days work in drilling was done
by the Texas and Pacific in its great ar
tesian well here to-day.
NJ. o. Grady, veteran engineer, has
gone to assist in the extension OF the
Fort Worth and Denver.
DR.. W. A. Adams of this city has been
appointed surgeon for the AtchisOn-
Santa Fee between Fort Worth and
Gainesville.
Mr.. John T. Leblanc, formerly auditor
of the Fort Worth and New Orleans
Road, has gone to Quanah to be chief
book-keeper for Contractor Dan Carey.
Vice-President Lawrence of the Fort
York city TO meet the full board of direct
ors and return with committee of di-
rectors to Fort Worth.
General Superintendent Webster SDy
der, Master of Transportation Phillips,
Superintendent of Construction Sherman,
and General Land Agent Jackson of the
Santa Fe, were in Cleburne yesterday.
Mr.. Lee, the engineer Of the Fort
hoo hoa ~,
the city several days, has run number
OF trial lines into the city, but has come
TO no conclusion yet as to what will be
done.
Z. A. Morse of the Fort Worth West
ern said last night that the engineers had
completed the permanent location of the
road to Jacksboro, and were now on the
road to Graham. Several preliminary
lines had already been run. Beyond
Graham Mr.. Morse says the locating OF
the line will be an easy thing, the country
being level, but he considers it somewhat
difficult to get into Graham. At Jacks
boro he says the citizens offer large,
fine store building to the company to be
used as depot.
1t is stated on good authority that on
Monday Col. Webster Snyder, general
superintendent, w. j. Sherman, assistant
chief engineer, and other officials Of the
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe, will meet
President Dillingham;, Nice-Presldent
Swanson and other officials of the Fort
Worth and New Orleans in Fort Worth on
important matters concerning both roads.
The question of the crossing of the Santa
Fe tracks by the Fort Worth and New
Orleans, which has figured in the courts,
w ha cd MT
ence.
Several cars of steel rails and ties were |
received for the Fort Worth and Rio |
Grande yesterday, and several cars also |
for the Rio Grande division Of the Texas |
and Pacific. 1t is an inspiring sight to |
visit the yards of the various roads IN
this city and see train load after train |
load of steel rails and other material be- |
ing sent to the front on the different lines |
building from Fort Worth, and to con- !
template that every mile of track added |
brings Fort Worth in closer business re-
latlons with country hitherto unknown
to our merchants.
Chief Engineer W. B. Parsons of the |
Fort Worth and Rio Grande returned |
from the front last night. He reports the |
work moving on smoothly and rapidly !
Six miles of grading only remains to be
done, and one pier for the Brazos bridge |
is completed, a second pier nearly fin
ished, and the cofferdam in for
the third pier. There is row
in Fort Worth q sufficient quantity of
ties and steel rails to lay ten miles Of
track, and more being received daily.
Bridge timbers are being sawed at the
mills and will soon begin to come in. In
q fatu IoUc most Mr. Parsons thinks
the company will have settled in regard
to terminal facilities, and then track-lay-
ing will begin. The officials of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe are expected to
arrive to-day or Sunday, when the mat
ter will proba bly, be arranged between
the two roads.